Shipyard to Discontinue IPFS Operations by September 30, 2026

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Shipyard, a team focused on IPFS and libp2p, has announced a protocol update: funding from Protocol Labs will not be renewed. IPFS-related engineering and infrastructure efforts will cease by September 30, 2026. Projects such as Kubo and IPFS Desktop will no longer have maintainers for new features or releases. Contributions to go-libp2p and js-libp2p will end. Public services including ipfs.io and dweb.link will be shut down. Protocol Labs will determine the future of domains and infrastructure. The team will assist with the transition. New token listings remain unaffected by this change.

According to ChainCatcher, Shipyard, an engineering collective focused on IPFS and libp2p technologies, has announced that Protocol Labs will not renew its funding. As a result, Shipyard will gradually wind down its engineering, maintenance, and infrastructure operations related to IPFS, with a final cutoff date of September 30, 2026. Shipyard stated that several core projects it maintains—including Kubo, Helia, Boxo, Rainbow, and IPFS Desktop—will no longer have dedicated maintainers responsible for new features, bug fixes, or releases; contributions to go-libp2p and js-libp2p will cease; and its operated public infrastructure—such as ipfs.io, dweb.link, and IPFS bootstrap nodes—will also be shut down. The future of the associated domains and infrastructure will be determined by Protocol Labs. The team will assist with the transition before the end of September.

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